copus

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mug.
    — PORSON, Whose very name conjures up the spirits of ten thousand wits, holding both sides, over a copus of Trinity ale and a classical pun, would not only frequently “steal a few hours from the night,” but see out both lights and liquids, and seem none the worse for the carouse.
  2. A drink of ale mixed with spices, and varied by spirits, wines, etc.
    — We beg you would not stand fiddling about it, but be married forthwith, and then take chaise, and come […] all the way to Cambridge […] for our copuses and Welsh rabbits are impatient for you.

词形变化

copuses plural

词源

Perhaps from hippocras.
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